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The Pride and Fall in Lowell

The Pride and Fall in Lowell A Homeboy Essay by Ed DeJesus My wife and I have traveled to dozens of states, countries, and tropical islands for business and holidays. When people hear us speak, they ask us where we are from. In the Caribbean, Europe, or Sydney, Australia, where…

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Kerouac Connections: Meet Cousin Herve

Kerouac Connections – Meet Cousin Hervé – (PIP #43) By Louise Peloquin      “Leo with Louis at L’Etoile, 3rd peek into the past, posted on October 5, 2023, presented Jack’s father. See the link. This October, let’s meet Jack’s 1st cousin Hervé – another French-speaking Franco-American from Lowell, an adventurer,…

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Lowell Politics: Oct 13, 2024

Ballots for those who will vote by mail are beginning to arrive at the homes of Lowell residents this week. Besides all the elected offices, there are also five referendum questions on this ballot. They haven’t received a lot of attention so I’ll start with a quick synopsis of each:…

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Dropped Baby

Dropped Baby By David Daniel If you were around forty years ago you may remember the story.   A fire in a triple-decker tenement in Lowell, Massachusetts, on a December night so cold that the hydrants froze and firefighters had to use blow torches to open them. It was all…

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Lowell celebrated Keraouc’s future friend

Lowell celebrated Keraouc’s future friend – (PIP #42) By Louise Peloquin      An October gathering of Kerouac’s friends and admirers would definitely have included Fr. Armand Morrissette, O.M.I. (1910-1991) who recognized in adolescent Jack a talent which would become no less than stellar. “Father Spike” championed Jack even into eternity when,…

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Lowell Politics: October 6, 2024

Tuesday’s Lowell City Council meeting took just under two hours to complete. No single issue dominated. In keeping with the civil engineering focus of this city council, motions and reports on traffic, parking, and related matters came up repeatedly. Nothing seems to delight this council more than a discussion on…

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Eulogy for Philip A. Donahue

Philip A. Donahue passed away on September 17, 2024. (His obituary is available here.) His brother, Richard K. Donahue Jr., delivered his eulogy at his funeral mass at the Immaculate Conception Church in Lowell on September 27, 2024. Richard consented to the publication of his eulogy here: Eulogy for Philip…

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